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Inlaid Spur Rendered by Rose Campbell-Gerke watercolor, graphite, colored pencil, and pen and ink, 27.9 x 35.4 cm (11 x 13 15/16 in.) Index of American Design 1943.8.1860 |
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Spurs presented an opportunity for embellishment using both leather and metal. While sometimes the heel bands and shanks were left plain, more frequently they were decorated. This example has an engraved silver design in the hand-forged steel. The leather is intricately tooled; in some rare cases, even jewels were set in the leather. This spur was made in California about 1890. Like the saddle, it reflects the tradition of adornment inherited from the Spanish "caballero."
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